Vehicle-wheel.



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No. 872,668. PATENTBD DBO. 3, 1907.

f1?. L. MOGONNAUGHBY.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED J'ULYZQ, 1907.

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THOMAS L. MCCONNAUGHEY, OF HAGERSTOWN, INDIANA. i

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed July 29, 1907. Serial No. 386083.

.To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. MCOON- NAUGHEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hagerstown, in the county of Elayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle -l/Vheels, of which the following is a specification; and I declare the following to be such a clear and exact description thereof as will enable others to make and use the same with absolute exactitude.

This invention aims, primarily, at the production of anew and useful vehicle-hub and the spokes adapted to be employed in connection therewith 5 and the object is to provide a separable two-part hub to be formed, as to exposed parts at least, of metal; and having means for connecting tubular metal spokes thereto 5 and to provide spokes especially adapted to be employed in connection with said hub.

The obj ect, broadly speaking, is to provide improvements in vehicle wheels, which will be strong and durable in construction, in which the parts are not liable to become, inadvertently, disengaged from each other, which will be easily assembled, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

Other objects and particular advantages will present themselves in the course of the following specification.

The preferred manner for the construction of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is the face view of a portion of a wheel embodying my invention. Eig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail showing an end view of one of the spokes. And Fiv. 4 is a detail showing an end view of two of t ie assembled stubs of the hub.

Like indices denote similar parts throughout the several views.

I will now take up a detail description of the invention and will refer to the several parts as brieliy and as comprehensively -as I may.

The hub proper consists of two metal bands A and B, the former being the outer and the latter the inner band. Said bands A and B are to be placed together, end-to-end and oppositely disposed, as shown in Fig. 2, and being of larger diameter at their adjoining ends than. at their opposite orouter ends, simulating in their assembled position an ordinary vehicle-wheel hub as shown. Integral with and radiating out from the assembled members A and B are a plurality of stubs, round in cross section, but divided centrally and longitudinally into two equal portions, one-half of each stub being integral with the band A and the other half being integral with the band B.

The letter O denotes a wood-core which fills the space formed interiorly of the conibined bands A and B. Secured longitudinally through the center of the core O is the boxing D, and revolubly mounted in said boxing is the spindle E. The bands A and B should be driven, or shrunk, tightly over the core C whereby the two parts of each of the stubs will unite with each other as shown in Fig. 4. The halves of the stubs which are integral with the band A are denoted by the index a, and in like manner the halves of the stubs integral with the band B are denoted by the index l). At the base of each of said stubs, near where they are united with said bands, there is formed a shoulder corresponding with but of slightly greater diameter than the stubs, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The letter H denotes spokes, each formed of a single length of metal tubing having an inside diameter of a size to neatly receive therein one of the stubs a-b as indicated. One of said spokes is to be provided for each of the stubs, the stub being inserted into the inner end portion of its spoke, with the end of the spoke resting on said shoulder, as indicated. The outer ends of the spokes are to be secured to the wheel-rim, not shown, in any preferred manner. By the above it is apparent that after the outer ends of the spokes are secured that the spokes can not be removed from the hub, and at the same time each of the spokes contribute to holding the two bands A and B together around the core C.

From the above is manifestly apparent that I have provided a hub which will be quite neat in appearance, strong and durable in construction, in which the parts can not become, inadvertently, separated, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

I desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof which are new and useful.

Having now fully shown and described my invention and the best means to me known at this time for its construction, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a vehicle wheel; a hub, comprising a core, a pair of oppositely disposed bands surrounding the core, stubs radiating from the juncture of said bands with one portion of each stub formed integral with its respective band, and a tubular spoke for each stub and the spokes holding together the two parts of their respective stubs, all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a vehicle wheel, two oppositely disposed and outwardly tapering bands abutting together, a plurality of half-round stubportions radiating from the adjoining ends of the bands, one of said stub-portions from each band together forming a complete stub, shoulders formed at the base of each stub, and a tubular spoke surrounding each stub and resting on said shoulders, all substantially as set forth.

3. In a vehicle-wheel, a hub divided near its center into two portions, stubs radiating from said hub, one-half of each stub being integral with each portion of the hub, and tubular spokes each having its inner end portion surrounding one of said stubs and holding the two portions of the hub together, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS L. MCCONNAUGHEY.

Witnesses: y

R. WV. RANDLE, R. E. HANDLE. 

